Reply to Capitol Hill - middle school and beyond?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Capitol Hill - middle school and beyond?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except most people are not really all that condescending or convinced in real life off this board.  Or they do not really seem that way anyways…[/quote]

Agree. If CH parents are using this board to vent their toxicity so that they can be more reasonable IRL, then I'm fine with it!

I do think that MS is when you really begin to see the differences between families and what they value, which is why I don't think a pan-Hill MS would ever work, and don't expect that Eastern will ever get huge neighborhood buy-in. In the suburbs, you have these huge schools that offer everything to everyone, but this isn't possible in DC with the charter system already in place.[/quote]

I think you are right you will never get enough buy-in for a pan-Hill MS or large IB investment in Eastern, but I don't think it's because DC is inherently hostile to those things. JR and Deal have this, and Macarthur and Hardy are well on their way. JR offers a huge number of programs and activities, certainly enough to compete with many, if not all, of the suburban HSs.

But I think the way schools developed on the Hill, with first the development of of SWS and CHMS as alternatives to the traditional DCPS schools (and CHMS including a MS), and then the full development of charters EOTP to the degree where a very large percentage of Ward 6 families use charters, both in Ward 6 and in adjacent wards, will make it hard if not impossible to get that kind of agreement and buy-in. Parents in Ward 6 are fully sold on public school choice in a way that families in Ward 3 never were -- they always viewed it as good publics v. private and charters or alternative public schools like SWS/CHMS were not an option as that triangle developed.

I know a handful of families on the Hill who actually really hate the charter school system in DC for this reason, and think it stymied the possibility of a strong DCPS school triangle in Ward 6. [/quote]

Here is the reality.  The CH people are engrossed in their bubble.  EOTP is not just or exclusively CH.  in fact, CH is a small part of EOTP.  Charters greatly benefitted everyone and the city in keeping middle class families in the city, helped rising real estate, helped  to fuel city coffers, etc…

You might not like charters but your argument that if charters were not around and CH would get middle school buy in never was going to happen.  That is the reality, More families have stayed in not only CH but all of EOTP due to middle school charters and you can thank your rising equity because of them.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics